Easy 270 Electoral Votes for Romney

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Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

The Supreme Court decision did not say that was the only way to be natural born, only that it was never doubted such people were.

I suppose an argument could be made that someone with one US citizen parent would be eligible but not someone with two, but I think it will very hard for the democrats to touch that. In fact, the republicans might be well-advised to tempt them to touch it.

In their statement the SCOTUS refers to the common law as being something the Framers were knowledgeable about. They then imply that by common law this is the definition of NBC. However, they do word the next sentence so as to leave open the door to a broader interpretation by another court. Lacking that further interpretation, the court has narrowly defined the definition of NBC as having been born on U.S. soil of two U.S. citizens. Any interpretation beyond that is conjecture until and unless the Supreme Court further defines the definition of a natural born citizen.